2021 Patient Outcomes

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

In 2021, the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) treated 1,016 patients.

Patients were treated for:

Individual outcomes are influenced by many factors including severity of injury, previous health status, medical complications and support systems.

During 2021:

73% of persons served, returned home or to the community after discharge from RIM’s rehabilitation program
RIM’s average hospital stay was 19 days. However, length of stay is based on the unique needs of the persons served and based on the individual, the stay may be a longer or shorter amount of time.
Patients received three hours of therapy per day
RIM patients exceeded the national benchmark for goals met by 11%.
At times, patients may require further treatment in an acute care hospital and 13% were transferred to the hospital for further treatment before completing their rehabilitation program.
The average age of persons served at RIM was 57, with the program also serving adolescents with an average age of 15.
There were zero RIM patient deaths

	Stroke	Brain Injury	Spinal Cord Injury	Ortho	Neuro	General Rehab/Medical	Amputation, Lower Extremity*	Adolescents*	Burns*	All Conditions
Number of Patients Treated	215	173	187	123	100	218	54	2	7	1016
Patients Returned Home or Community after Discharge from Rehab Program	68%	74%	73%	72%	78%	46%	65%	100%	86%	73%
Average Days of Rehab Hospital Stay	23	19	24	16	17	13	15	30	16	19
Average Hours of Therapy per Day	2.88	2.75	2.93	2.92	2.89	2.85	2.88	2.93	2.93	2.87
Goals Met Compared to Similar Rehab Hospitals in the Nation	Better	Better	Same	Same	Better	Better	Same	Better	Better	Better
Patient's Average Age	61	48	56	56	56	64	59	15	47	57
Patients Transferred for Medically Complex Care to Acute Care Hospital	12%	12%	11%	15%	13%	16%	20%	0%	0%	13%
Source: eRehabdata ^TM *Amputations, Adolescents, and Burns are solely represented in the respective column